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Re: Lowest “Who is hiring?” Post Count in 30 Months

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Post by ryanSrich »

jt2190 wrote: post #32
JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #19

Can we get a "Who is firing?" post going?

I genuinely don’t understand what the purpose of such a thread would be. * Weird sense of relief? (“At least I wasn’t laid off!”) * Gloating? (“Ha! I knew that wildly successful company wasn’t so great!”) * Determine if a particular company is shrinking headcount? (Seems unreliable at best.) Something else?

I imagine it would serve a similar purpose to fucked company[1]

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Company

Re: Lowest “Who is hiring?” Post Count in 30 Months

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Post by godelski »

harryvederci wrote: post #23

I don't know the intention of the author, but I see like a lot of "Look, it's happening! The economy is going down!" posts pop up these days. Which may be true, but it can also be a self-fulfilling profecy if everyone is doing that on all platforms. Which would be a shame. I'm not saying HN and other platforms should censor (/ take action) either. It's just a thought I have on this subject, and I don't know if there…

> Which may be true, but it can also be a self-fulfilling prophecy if everyone is doing that on all platforms. Which would be a shame.

This also happens with inflation. It is probably because people start acting differently. The hypothesis is that if people are preparing for a recession then demand goes down, which pushes prices up, which is identical to inflation. Obviously this model is far too simplistic but it is still interesting.

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Post by actually_a_dog »

WheatMillington wrote: post #56
harryvederci wrote: post #23

I don't know the intention of the author, but I see like a lot of "Look, it's happening! The economy is going down!" posts pop up these days. Which may be true, but it can also be a self-fulfilling profecy if everyone is doing that on all platforms. Which would be a shame. I'm not saying HN and other platforms should censor (/ take action) either. It's just a thought I have on this subject, and I don't know if there…

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You know what they say, right? Economists have predicted 9 of the last 5 recessions. Talk is just talk until people start believing it.

Re: Lowest “Who is hiring?” Post Count in 30 Months

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Post by tomduncalf »

killingtime74 wrote: post #25

Has anyone actually gotten much success in either direction (hirer/candidate) from these posts?

I found out from an ad on here that a startup in a field I am interested in were based 2 minutes from my flat and were hiring, so I got in in touch and ended up working there for 5 years and had a lot of fun, made some great friends and it moved my career in a really interesting direction. I’d never have thought of applying to them otherwise so it worked out well for me!

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Post by jamisonbryant »

I've thought about tapping into the HN BigQuery dataset (or perhaps the HN API, whichever is more appropriate) to analyze the results of the Who's Hiring posts and their companion Who Wants to be Hired posts. I think aggregation of this data will paint an interesting picture for job-seekers and other technology professionals as to what's hot, what's not, what employers are looking for (and not), as well as other trends.

Does anyone know if such a resource already exists? Don't want to duplicate effort.

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Post by mountaineer »

harryvederci wrote: post #23

I don't know the intention of the author, but I see like a lot of "Look, it's happening! The economy is going down!" posts pop up these days. Which may be true, but it can also be a self-fulfilling profecy if everyone is doing that on all platforms. Which would be a shame. I'm not saying HN and other platforms should censor (/ take action) either. It's just a thought I have on this subject, and I don't know if there…

I believe the intent is to share as a possible leading indicator. I don't know the OP's exact reasoning, but I have tracked this data for years at hntrends.com and it was my original thesis that this thread is a leading indicator of the tech job market at a minimum.

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Post by pc86 »

kiernanmcgowan wrote: post #47
anonygler wrote: post #37

I feel like people are trying to wish the economy into a recession / depression, but I really don't see it happening. I do see some belt tightening wrt SaaS expenditures. There's still a massive demand for labor. While the housing market has fallen, the actual cost of buying a house is still rising. Rate increases have well outpaced the list price reductions. So I think all this talk of a recession is just a bunch of…

It feels like _something_ is happening, but it's not quite the recession that people are fearing. The US is somehow at the lowest unemployment rates we've seen and people are saying it's all going to collapse which just feels off. If the US hits 5% unemployment that simultaneously worse off than where we are but still a solid economic position. My pet theory is that everyone is just tired, so damned tired, and seeps…

Tired of (or from) what?

With the major exception of the pandemic/remote work, the world is not markedly different than it was in 2013 or 2003. What makes it seems like 2023 is so different?

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Post by seattle_spring »

Presumably enough employers have stopped posting to be statistically significant. I know I did; finding one qualified candidate in a sea of 50 bootcamp grad applicants for an explicitly staff-level position just wasn’t worth the effort. Worse was when I was threatened with an ageism lawsuit because our recruiters didn’t want to move forward with a guy with 10+ <1 year job stints became immediately argumentative in the recruiter phone screen.

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Post by earthscienceman »

mountainriver wrote: post #20
jibe wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or companies are cutting spending in anticipation of a recession.

This is the obvious answer

No. It's the answer that fulfills your own confirmation bias. "Obvious" is never a word you should use when you can quantify the truth.
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